09:30 Newscast November 4, 2014

Polls are open, Election Day is underway, and political pundits believe there will be a runoff in Louisiana’s US Senate race. Analyst Clancy Dubos says if this race goes to a December 6th runoff, it turns into a completely different election…

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Most polls show Senator Mary Landrieu winning in the primary but losing in the runoff.

There’s a long list of candidates in the race for the sixth congressional district seat. LSU Political Science Professor Robert Hogan says it’s hard to say which Republican will be in the run-off. Dan Claitor, Paul Dietzel, Garret Graves, Craig McCullouch and Lenar Whitney have been the most active and Hogan says they represent different segments of the G-O-P….

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He says Democrat Edwin Edwards has the best shot at making the run-off out of the 12-person field.

Polling places will be open until 8 o’clock for today’s election. Secretary of State Tom Schedler expects it to be a busy day…

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Schedler says lines could be lengthy and one way to help speed things along is to study the ballot ahead of time at geauxvote-dot com.

According to the state department of education, 44-percent of voucher students reached a “basic” achievement level on standardized tests last year. Michelle Southern reports…

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